101 4.25 The Cold Case on A Hot Afternoon (1/2)
Pornsak assisted in cleaning the bathroom afterwards, getting rid of all the flower petals and the ashes from the joss stick that had been stuck in a crack on the bathroom wall.
As she used a hose to spray the petals down the drainage of the bathroom, perspiration can be seen dotting her fine face especially her forehead. The task was not too taxing, but someone who can feel between good and bad energies would feel a certain kind of heat emanating from the petals.
The team leader and I had called a takeout food delivery service from the nearby restaurants as the rest of the team member busied themselves to arrange the equipment. Even the scared shitless guy had regained most of his composure and was on smiles when he helped the rest of the team.
The SPI team set up the last tape that they had recorded on the head mounted strap when they approached the house. The notch of the tape was removed to prevent any accidentally rewriting over. A small Hi8 player was set up next to their TV in the living room and before playing, the leader asked the benevolent Monk if it was alright for the scared shitless guy to view the tape as he was recently involved in it.
”It's alright. It's one way for him to recover from his trauma. If not now, then when would the best time be if he kept the fear in him and not letting them out. Furthermore, I am here so, on with the show.”
With that, the team leader dimmed the lights in the living room and pressed the play button on the Hi8 player. It was a simple device, no red record button, just Stop, Play, Forward and Rewind.
A simple analogue counter was on it so they were able to track the timeline. As the head-mounted video camera had a fixed view range finder, it was set to auto focus so there was no pan or zoom function, just like a cheap CMOS lenses video cam. Luckily there was a supporting 5w portable light that was carried along with a spare external battery.
The head-mounted video camera captured everything; from the house's former glory right to the sight of a grovelling scared shitless man who was on all fours and eating the roasted pork and lastly chewing the candle like it was a piece of candy.
The scared shitless shuddered at the sight of the previous him munching the red candle like a candy spoke up, ”Did this really happened? How did I get separated from you guys? The last thing I remembered was sitting together and eating the fruits we had picked from the nearby plantations.”
The team leader paused the tape and the screen froze at the face of a man who was devouring the red candle as if he was enjoying every single bite from it.
”Yes, it is true, pheurn. We didn't even know you left and headed to the house. We were watching out for each other. Maybe there's a case of Spiritual disturbances that took you away from us and found you in that state. Thankfully it is now over, and our dinner has just arrived. ”
He switched off the TV and everyone stood up to receive the packages of food that had been delivered by a rider of the restaurant that the team leader had ordered from. After paying through the ATM machine portable gadget that the rider carried, we all headed to the dining table to spread the glorious food around.
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